Godparents and marriage

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Is being someone’s godparent an impediment to marriage with them? I always thought it was, but my pastor says no.
 
Is being someone’s godparent an impediment to marriage with them? I always thought it was, but my pastor says no.
I thought so, too, and so did Voltaire who had a Basque burnt for marrying his godmother in Candide.
 
It was an impediment in the old 1917 Code of Canon Law, but it is no longer an impediment in the new 1983 Code of Canon Law (Latin Rite).

I believe it is still an impediment for Eastern Catholics.
 
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